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Lung Injury Ventilation & ARDSnet

#criticalcare #coronavirus #covid19 #ventilator #mechancialventilation #management #sarscov2
Lung Injury Ventilation ... & ARDSnet #criticalcare ... coronavirus #covid19 #ventilator ... mechancialventilation #management ... #sarscov2
Running out of Analgesia and Sedation Medications due to #COVID19?  Anand Swaminathan, MD has put
and Analgesia Alternative ... Medications #management ... #covid19 #treatment ... #sarscov2 #criticalcare ... #pharmacology #alternatives
Mass General Hospital COVID19 Critical Care Treatment Guide

#COVID19 #CriticalCare #Treatment #MGH #Management #Coronavirus #SARSCOV2
Critical Care Treatment ... Guide #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Treatment #MGH ... #Management #Coronavirus ... #SARSCOV2
Severe Asthma Exacerbation
Signs of a Severe Asthma Exacerbation:
 • Vitals: ↑HR ↑RR ↓SpO2
 • High work
of baseline Treatments ... • Initial ventilator ... #Exacerbation #CriticalCare ... #mechanical #management ... #treatment
MGH Sedation protocol for mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients

#Sedation #Analgesia #Protocol #COVID19 #CriticalCare #Treatment #MGH #Management #Coronavirus
Protocol #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Treatment #MGH ... #Management #Coronavirus ... #SARSCOV2
Possible Ventilator Allocation Protocol

BLUE (Exclusion criterion or SOFA > 11)
 - No Ventilator Provided
 - Use
Possible Ventilator ... Provided - Use alternative ... resources) - Use alternative ... Protocol #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Management #Ethics
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult mask ventilation ... of spontaneous ventilation ... Develop primary and alternative ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
more homogenous ventilation ... awake #covid19 #sarscov2 ... #management #treatment
Treatment of hyperkalemia via kaliuresis 
step 1 = volume resuscitation if hypovolemic
step 2 = consider fludrocortisone
step
Treatment of hyperkalemia ... hyperkalemia #kaliuresis #management ... #criticalcare # ... treatment #diuretics ... #diuresis #nephrology
Hyperkalemia Treatment Options
Stabilize cardiac membrane:
 • IV Calcium (peaks 5-10 minutes)
Decrease potassium concentration:
 • IV Fluids
Shift
Hyperkalemia Treatment ... • IV Fluids Shift ... #Hyperkalemia #management ... #potassium #nephrology